9-Month Pastoral Residency

Zionsville Fellowship • Zionsville, IN

4d • $20,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Overview:
A 9-month pre- or post-seminary residency
Typically runs from September 1 through May 31
30 hours per week
$20K living stipend
Our aim is three-fold:
Shepherd: To shepherd interns to grow in their affection for God, character, and competency to serve in the church.
Guide: To help interns clarify their potential future ministry direction and next steps.
Develop: To raise leaders to make disciples and to plant and strengthen churches among our neighbors and the nations.
The residency will be marked by these emphases:
Gospel Culture: We very intentionally seek to cultivate a church ethos that reflects the gospel. An ethos that humbly welcomes, serves, and honors one another as Christ welcomes, serves, and honors us. We want to shepherd each candidate as Christ would shepherd them, and to train them in how they can create gospel culture in their future ministries.
Relational: Although we have many “guides” in Christ, we also need spiritual fathers (1 Cor. 4:15). We seek to provide this kind of relational training. Much of what we will teach must be both taught and caught.
Church-Focused: We complement seminary training by providing a hands-on, relational context to grow in the character and skills needed for healthy church ministry. We will emphasize making disciples, cultivating a gospel culture, encouraging others, personally communing with God, building true friendships, growing in holiness, loving the nations, leading humbly, and ministering in a sustainable way, all within the context of a local church.
Historically-Enriched: While we need to understand our 21st century context, many ministry trends have not produced fruitful disciples. Some of the best examples of fruit-bearing ministry come from our heritage. Therefore, there will be a substantial amount of reading that will draw from the likes of Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Goodwin, Newton, Edwards, etc.
Well-Rounded: Ministry leaders need to be trained to grow in both doctrine and character. They also need to be exposed to the whole life of a church–not only to its strengths, but also its weaknesses. Our internship will focus on forming well-rounded, healthy leaders for sustainable ministry.
This program divides its time between study and reflection, pastoral mentoring, and ministry exposure and experience.
Interns will have weekly reading assignments and will write reflection papers which will be discussed with one of the pastors.
The intern will meet weekly with one of the mentor-pastors as well as with one of the other ministry staff members or ministry leaders.
The intern will arrange individual meetings with various ZF leaders to learn about spiritual growth and local church ministry.
Various opportunities to teach and disciple.
Co-lead a small group and assist in the leadership of a particular ministry.
Observe and debrief elders’ meetings each month.
Weekly meeting to discuss the principles and practices of Christ-centered biblical exposition.
Engage in a number of opportunities by participating or shadowing a leader. For example, Small Group Leadership meetings; funeral and wedding process; Simeon Trust preaching workshop, hospital visitation; meetings for elders, deacons, youth group, etc; membership course; welcome team; men’s ministry.
They will cultivate a daily habit of communing with God through meditating on God’s word and prayer. This is not officially part of the internship, but is a required foundation for the residency to be fruitful.
They will be all-in and committed to fulfilling expectations. This includes completing assignments on time, taking initiative in conversations, and seeking to glean from various readings and experiences.
They will view themselves as servants and remain open to any kind of task they’re called to fulfill. We seek to follow the example of Jesus, who did not come to be served, but to serve.

Responsibilities

• Weekly reading assignments and will write reflection papers which will be discussed with one of the pastors.
• Meet weekly with one of the mentor-pastors as well as with one of the other ministry staff members or ministry leaders.
• Arrange individual meetings with various ZF leaders to learn about spiritual growth and local church ministry.
• Teach and disciple.
• Co-lead a small group and assist in the leadership of a particular ministry.
• Observe and debrief elders’ meetings each month.
• Weekly meeting to discuss the principles and practices of Christ-centered biblical exposition.
• Engage in a number of opportunities by participating or shadowing a leader. For example, Small Group Leadership meetings; funeral and wedding process; Simeon Trust preaching workshop, hospital visitation; meetings for elders, deacons, youth group, etc; membership course; welcome team; men’s ministry.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed